International presence of mobile operators

Published: 2009-03-04

In the past few years the mobile telecommunications industry has experienced a very high number of mergers and acquisitions leading to the formation of international groups. But how concentrated is really the industry? And of the larger mobile operators, which ones are really international in their presence? In which countries and regions are they active? Are they promoting a single international brand or keeping local ones? Are they offering harmonised and uniform services across their operations? Or are the participations still purely financial?